Russia: Surviving Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city

• Mercury dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit).
• Located 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) east of Moscow.
• Residents regularly watch the thermometer plummet well below minus 40.

Yakutsk: Temperatures in the Siberian city considered as the lowest on the planet have dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) this week due to an unusually long cold spell.

Located 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) east of Moscow on the permafrost of Russia’s Far East, residents of the mining city regularly watch the thermometer plummet well below minus 40.

“You can’t fight it. You either adjust and dress accordingly or you suffer,” said Anastasia Gruzdeva, outside in two scarves, two pairs of gloves, and multiple hats and hoods.

“In the city, you don’t really feel the cold. Or maybe it’s just your brain preparing you for it and telling you everything is OK “In the metropolis enveloped in freezing mist, she said.

Another resident, Nurgusun Starostina, who sells frozen seafood in a market without a fridge or freezer, said there were no unique tricks to dealing with the cold.

Yakutsk experiences winter from October to April. The approach of spring is cause for happiness, but it also brings its own set of problems: the melting of all the ice and snow can result in serious flooding. A brief summer—roughly July—brings a little relief, with temperatures reaching the 90s. Then it’s time to get ready for another seven-month winter.

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